Each riddle is a short puzzle in words. Type your guess and the game will tell you if you are right. If you cannot get it, show the answer and move on to the next.
Riddles work by describing something ordinary in an unusual way. Words like 'keys', 'hands' and 'head' have more than one meaning, and the trick is to find the meaning the riddle is hiding.
Below is the full list of riddles in the player. The answers are hidden until you open them, so you can try them with friends before you check.
All the riddles
Try them first, then open a riddle to see the answer.
What has keys but can't open locks?
Answer: keyboard
What has a head and a tail but no body?
Answer: a coin
The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?
Answer: footsteps
What can travel around the world while staying in a corner?
Answer: a stamp
I speak without a mouth and hear without ears. What am I?
Answer: an echo
What has hands but can't clap?
Answer: a clock
What gets wetter the more it dries?
Answer: a towel
What has many teeth but can't bite?
Answer: a comb
What goes up but never comes down?
Answer: your age
What has one eye but cannot see?
Answer: a needle
What can you catch but not throw?
Answer: a cold
What has a neck but no head?
Answer: a bottle
What runs but never walks, has a mouth but never talks?
Answer: a river
What has words but never speaks?
Answer: a book
What can fill a room but takes up no space?
Answer: light
What breaks when you say its name?
Answer: silence
What has a ring but no finger?
Answer: a phone
What is full of holes but still holds water?
Answer: a sponge
What begins with T, ends with T, and has T in it?
Answer: a teapot
What type of room has no doors or windows?
Answer: a mushroom
I'm always in front of you but can't be seen. What am I?
Answer: the future
What has a bottom at the top?
Answer: your legs
What can you keep after giving it to someone?
Answer: your word
What month of the year has 28 days?
Answer: all of them
What goes through cities and fields but never moves?
Answer: a road
What has 13 hearts but no other organs?
Answer: a deck of cards
What invention lets you look right through a wall?
Answer: a window
What is always coming but never arrives?
Answer: tomorrow
What has a thumb and four fingers but is not alive?
Answer: a glove
Where does today come before yesterday?
Answer: the dictionary
Frequently asked questions
Do I have to type the answer?
Yes, but small variations like 'a clock' and 'clock' are both accepted.
Can I see the answer?
Yes. Use the Show answer button, or open any riddle in the list below.
Are these riddles original?
They are classic riddles that have been passed around for generations.